New data in the analysis — value, tax and land
Until now, Basic Information mostly repeated what the listing knew: build year, building type, series. Everything else about the property you had to go and find yourself — one register at a time, one number at a time.
That data is now in the report. It is not listing information but the state register's own entries about this flat and the building it sits in.
What's new
Cadastral value. Of this flat, not of the whole house — a building's value next to an asking price is just a confusing number. Behind the question mark you will also find the fiscal value the tax is charged on, and the forecast for 2027. It is not a market price and is not meant as one: it is the state's own valuation, used for taxes and duties.
Property tax a year. This used to be a calculator you filled in yourself — and you had to find the value somewhere first. The figure is now worked out for you on the progressive residential rate: 0.2% up to €57,000, 0.4% up to €107,000, 0.6% above that. Your municipality can apply reductions, so only it can confirm the exact amount.
Land ownership. Three answers, not two. The old signal could only say "yes" or nothing at all — and an empty field reads as "no". You now see whether the land is part of the property, whether it belongs to someone else, or whether there is no record either way. Where the land belongs to someone else there is a forced lease on it — currently around 4% of the land's cadastral value a year, and the rules are changing: the present ones expire on 1 January 2027.
Building condition. The state's own grade from V1 to V5, with the year the building was last surveyed beside it. The year matters as much as the grade: a V3 from last year and a V3 from 2004 do not say the same thing — there are twenty years in between, in which the building could have been renovated or could have decayed further.
The flat's cadastre number. This flat's own designation, not the building's. You can check the property on kadastrs.lv with it, and the link in the report now takes you to the flat rather than the house.
Building measurements. "More about the building" has gained a block of the register's own figures: total area, shared area, building kind and underground floors. Shared area is the part you never see on a floor plan but every owner in the house pays for.
Energy class for more buildings. In the heating section an energy class now appears for some buildings that had nothing there before. Where the certificate is a temporary one — issued off the design rather than measured consumption — the report says so. The year the building was rebuilt shows up too, where the certificate records it.
Where to find it
Most of it is in Basic Information, directly under the address. The section has been rearranged as well: instead of eight identical cards there is now one list, split in two — Building and Property. In the register those are two different objects, and half of these facts describe the house while the other half describe the flat inside it.
The building measurements sit behind "More about the building", and the energy class in Heating & Maintenance.
A flat is chosen from photographs, but paid for on what the register says about it.
What to do with it
Check the land before you talk about price. A forced lease is an annual payment that does not go away and that the listing will not mention. Two identical flats with different land status are not the same deal.
Compare the tax between candidates. When you are choosing between two flats, the difference in annual tax is one of the few figures you can compare directly, with no assumptions.
Read the condition grade together with its year. An old survey with a good grade means nothing is known about the last twenty years — worth asking the seller or the building manager about.
Verify the object in the register. The cadastre number is what lets you find the flat in the state register and confirm it is the same object the listing is showing you.
What it does not tell you
The register records entries, not reality. If a value is not stated in the report, that does not mean it does not exist — an empty land field does not mean there is no land. It means we have no entry for this address, and we would rather say so than fill the gap with a guess.
The cadastral value is not a market price, and the tax figure is indicative — the final word belongs to the municipality. The condition grade describes the building as a whole, not the state of the particular flat's renovation.
The new data is already in every report — look at the sample report or open your own.